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Greek prime minister appeals to compatriots to welcome foreign tourists

17 million foreigners head to Greece

Greek prime minister appeals to compatriots to welcome foreign tourists

ATHENS, Greece - The Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, issued an unusual appeal on Tuesday, asking his compatriots to put on their best face as the debt-choked country prepares to accept 17 ...

ETOA and Athens collaborate to boost tourism

ETOA and Athens collaborate to boost tourism

The European Tour Operators Association (ETOA) and the city of Athens are joining forces to stimulate tourism to the capital of Greece, often referred to as the ‘cradle of Western ...

Greece expects tourism revenues to bounce back this year

Greek Tourism

Greece expects tourism revenues to bounce back this year

ATHENS, Greece - Greek tourism revenues are expected to bounce back this year to pre-crisis levels, the industry said on Thursday following the return of political stability to the country.

Cyprus crisis fails to dent Russian interest in Greece

SETE: Russian tourism to Greece safe

Cyprus crisis fails to dent Russian interest in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - The developments in Cyprus don’t appear to have had any negative effects as far as Greece’s positive outlook for the 2013 season is concerned, according to the president of ...

Israeli group to invest 500 million euros in Crete tourism project

Israelis Investing In Crete Tourism

Israeli group to invest 500 million euros in Crete tourism project

HERAKLION, Crete - An Israeli business group intends to develop a tourism investment worth 500 million euros on a 2.5-square kilometer plot on the island of Crete, its representative has told the ...

German tourists ditch Greece, opt for Turkey, Italy and Spain instead

German expert: Greece has image problem

German tourists ditch Greece, opt for Turkey, Italy and Spain instead

German tourists will be in short supply in Greece this summer as less than one percent have made plans to visit the debt-hit country this season, according to a report released Wednesday in ...

Greek police arresting, beating tourists

Beaten Tourist: Avoid Greece, Go To Turkey Instead

Greek police arresting, beating tourists

Greek police have stepped up efforts to catch illegal immigrants in recent months, launching a new operation to check the papers of people who look foreign.

Five arrested for attempted fraud at GNTO

Greece’s National Tourism Organization fraud busted

Five arrested for attempted fraud at GNTO

Five people, including a former executive at Greece’s National Tourism Organization (GNTO), have been arrested after they allegedly attempted to extract cash from the agency using bogus ...

6 tourists injured in explosion on Greek mock pirate ship

Cannon Explodes On Greek Tour Boat

6 tourists injured in explosion on Greek mock pirate ship

Greek officials say that a tour boat captain was killed and 6 foreign tourists were injured, when a replica cannon exploded Saturday on a mock pirate ship off the southern Aegean island of ...

Raging fires cause massive evacuation on Greek island of Chios

Chios Wildfires

Raging fires cause massive evacuation on Greek island of Chios

EMPORIOS, Chios, Greece - August in Greece means two things: vacation and wildfires.

Skychef founder Panos Papakokkinos died

Honorary Consul for Greece and Cyprus in Seychelles

Skychef founder Panos Papakokkinos died

Seychelles President James Michel has expressed his deepest sympathies and condolences to the Papakokinnos family upon the passing away of Panos Papakokkinos, the Honorary Consul for Greece and ...

International Council of Tourism Partners announces first destination member from Greece

Thessaloniki Convention & Visitors Bureau joins growing alliance

International Council of Tourism Partners announces first destination member from Greece

HALEIWA, Hawaii, USA; BRUSSELS, Belgium; VICTORIA, Seychelles – The International Council of Tourism Partners (ICTP) announced that the Thessaloniki Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB) ...

Greece needs affluent Chinese and Indian tourists, not Europeans

Saving Greek Tourism

Greece needs affluent Chinese and Indian tourists, not Europeans

Contrary to what you might hear, Greece still welcomes German tourists. But they – and other Europeans – are just not coming in the numbers they used to.

Brits ditch Greece for other destinations

British tourism to Greece

Brits ditch Greece for other destinations

LONDON, England - Tui Travel has likened the impact of the eurozone crisis on the Greek holiday market to that of the Arab spring, as the UK's biggest tour operator by customer numbers said ...

European Union Presidents issue statement on the Greek elections

Greek Elections

European Union Presidents issue statement on the Greek elections

WASHINGTON, D.C. - European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso issued the following joint statement on the result of the Greek elections: ...

Greek business owners concerned about tourism slump

Slump In Greek Tourism

Greek business owners concerned about tourism slump

Dimitris Thalassinos, 75, is tired. He is serving his last customer before packing up for the day. Most days he is at his shop in Athens' ancient Pandrossou street market for 12 hours.

Brits flock to Greece

British tourism to Greece soars

Brits flock to Greece

British holiday bookings to crisis-hit Greece are soaring, despite the country's economic woes.

Euro or not, Greece is best-ever value, claims UK tour operator

Greece Economy

Euro or not, Greece is best-ever value, claims UK tour operator

By eTN Staff Writer

A UK-based independent tour operator to Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, Olympic Holidays, has claimed that June packages to Greece offer "the best value ever, and reassures travelers that, even if ...

15 phrases to help you have a good time in Greece

Touring Greece

15 phrases to help you have a good time in Greece

LONDON, England - When planning a trip to Greece it's important to learn a few phrases to make sure your holiday runs as smoothly as possible.

UK warns Greece to calm tourist fears or face further economic decline

UK: Greece must invest in promoting its tourist industry

UK warns Greece to calm tourist fears or face further economic decline

The Greek government has been warned that it must invest in promoting its tourist industry – or face further economic decline as holidaymakers turn away from the troubled country.

Airfasttickets.com, a Greek company shows the right way

GREEK ENTREPRENEUR

Airfasttickets.com, a Greek company shows the right way

By Luc Citrinot, eTN

BERLIN, Germany (eTN) - Launched six years ago with a capital of a few 100,000 euro, global online travel agency, Airfasttickets, is turning into a global player under the leadership of his ...

Minister: German tourists afraid to come to Greece

German Visitors Feel Not Welcomed In Greece

Minister: German tourists afraid to come to Greece

German tourists are "afraid" to come to Greece due to widespread anger at EU-mandated austerity cuts that have left the country in a deep recession, the Greek culture minister said on Monday.

2004 Athens Olympics: Greece’s greatest mistake?

Greece Economy

2004 Athens Olympics: Greece’s greatest mistake?

By Nelson Alcantara, eTN editor-in-chief

(eTN) - For the past five years, Greece has been in an economic recession.

O'Leary: Tourism will soar if Greece drops out of the eurozone, ditches euro

Ryanair Chief Has Solution For Greece's Misery

O'Leary: Tourism will soar if Greece drops out of the eurozone, ditches euro

Ryanair's boss Michael O'Leary says Greek tourism revenues will soar if Greece withdraws from the eurozone and goes back to a devalued version of its pre-euro drachma.

Greece and Turkey cooperate in tourism

Greek Tourism

Greece and Turkey cooperate in tourism

By eTN Staff Writer

The 8th Greek-Turkish Forum on Tourism was held in the Athenian seaside district of Vouliagmeni on October 12.

Sarkozy: Letting Greece into Eurozone was a mistake

French President: Greece came into Euro with false numbers

Sarkozy: Letting Greece into Eurozone was a mistake

NEW YORK - At long last, European leaders took a significant step forward on the long road toward resolving the eurozone's debt crisis.

Study finds Canada as the country with the “best reputation”

Global Ranking

Study finds Canada as the country with the “best reputation”

By eTN Staff Writer

Canada has earned the highest reputation ranking in Reputation Institute's 2011 Country RepTrak™, an annual study measuring the public perceptions of 50 countries around the world.

Greece urges "fair compromise" in row with Macedonia

Greek-Macedonian Name Dispute

Greece urges "fair compromise" in row with Macedonia

A “fair compromise” with a geographic qualifier is the most appropriate solution to the long-running dispute between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia over the latter ...

Fabulous Athens-Mykonos-Cruise package from TourCrafters

Greece's Debt Equals Lower Travel Prices

Fabulous Athens-Mykonos-Cruise package from TourCrafters

LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois - While Greece’s debt is causing problems in financial circles, it’s good news — read lower prices — for American tourists.

Poland on its way to Greece

Polish Conundrum

Poland on its way to Greece

By Jaroslaw Suplacz, changevalue.com

A stimulated GDP

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